Making a power supply out of a PC power supply unit
 

does anyone know how to rig an atx pc power supply unit to turn on and off? i am attempting to use this as a power supply for some bettery pack chargers, 12v fan and low voltage motor break in station.

i think i have the wire chart and uses figureed out i just have to figure out how to get the psu live so to speak. right now when it's plugged in none of the output wires are live.

I posted a howto with pictures over at one18th (hit the tech corner link from the front page). Its based on articles I found online, but I took more pictures than most of those show.

Its pretty easy to get the power supply on, basically just have to bridge 2 wires on the ATX connector.

Here are the links I used when constructing mine (one has since disappeared):
http://www.magicookie.com/prodigy/psupply.htm
http://www.marcee.org/Articles/PCPowerSupply.htm
http://www.e-maxximumrc.com/html/power_supply.html

If you have any questions feel free to email me.

P.S. mods, not sure if one18th is on your no link list, sorry if it is.

thanks for the reply! the marcee link was forwarded to me and i used that to get mine working. very easy mod when you ahve something to follow:D